Biologics: The Pricey Drugs Transforming Medicine
Drugs made from a patient's own blood and other tissues now make up 25 percent of the total pharmaceutical market
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Scientists Find Some of Mars's Youngest Volcanoes--and Discover They Could Have Supported Life
Newly identified volcanoes may have provided the perfect environment for microbial life-forms to thrive
Buried Tools and Pigments Tell a New History of Humans in Australia for 65,000 Years
Australia is the end point of early modern human migration out of Africa, and sets the minimum age for the global dispersal of humans
Can You Hear Me Now? How to Protect Yourself from Voice Hackers
Security has to start with sound itself
The Real Costs of Cheap Surveillance
U.S. firms have both the incentive and the opportunity to use information about us in undesirable ways
Why Do Human Beings Speak So Many Languages?
Language diversity has played a key role in shaping the history of our species, yet we know surprisingly little about the factors shaping this diversity
What an Artificial Intelligence Researcher Fears about AI
“Being a scientist doesn’t absolve me of my humanity”
What Does the Antarctic Ice Shelf Break Really Mean?
A glaciologist explains that any link to climate change is far from straightforward
Asimov's Laws Won't Stop Robots from Harming Humans, So We've Developed a Better Solution
Instead of laws to restrict robot behavior, robots should be empowered to pick the best solution for any given scenario
Natural Disasters by Location: Rich Leave and Poor Get Poorer
Each big catastrophe like a hurricane increases a U.S. county's poverty by 1 percent, 90 years of data show
